WAS IT YOU?

[turpin]

To the fellow GS rider who broke down on Shap summit M6 early this afternoon, thought it may have been the fuel pump regulator?

Hope you got it going again at that you are home safe and sound!!!!

turpin

 

[Borderraider]

It was me just North of J24 M1....I ran out of fuel 8 miles before the services

167 miles on a full tank

 

[Mr K]

It was me just North of J24 M1....I ran out of fuel 8 miles before the services

167 miles on a full tank

Go on then: Tell us about your route march to Leicester Forest East Services and fighting with the "Traffic Wombles"...?

 

[Borderraider]

Go on then: Tell us about your route march to Leicester Forest East Services and fighting with the "Traffic Wombles"...?

The RAC were very helpful

6,000+ rpm in top = 167 miles to a tank...

Alfa GTV's go well & their Drivers give a quick flash of hazard lights when approaching 'obstacles'

 

[Mr K]

6,000 rpm ??? That's about 115mph on a twelve ... no wonder you ran oot on one of those vintage jobbies.....

 

[Mort]

6,000 rpm ??? That's about 115mph on a twelve until it breaks ... no wonder you ran oot on one of those classic jobbies.....

Thrashing the poor thing you wouldn't put coke in your 40 year old Dalmore would you







Oh, and I fixed it for you Chris

 

[turpin]

It was me just North of J24 M1....I ran out of fuel 8 miles before the services

167 miles on a full tank

Oh no it was'nt unless i was on the wrong motorway

 

[Borderraider]

Oh no it was'nt unless i was on the wrong motorway

No need to be confused..we hijacked your thread

 

[Borderraider]

Thrashing the poor thing

If it's gonna blow up best it does so while it's still under warranty

 

[Snoopy]

Can I ask how you managed to run out of petrol?

 

[original_concept]

Gawd... No... But I very, very, nearly ran out of fuel coming up the A1 yesterday [1]. At 2miles before the Blyth (Notts, not Northumberland) services, I coasted into a layby and turned the engine off, with thoughts of calling BMW or walking the four to five miles there and back. Not really wanting to waste a hour or so, turning the engine back on seemed like a better gamble.

Lo, it fired up (more deep breaths) then at a death-inducing 30mph made to the services with no further hesitations from the engine.

Filling up took 20.1 litres, The total miles covered would have been around the same (though less) as the aforementioned less lucky chappy.

At least I now know what the bike can/can't do relating to mpg.

[1] must have been the day for it =

 

[What Speed Limit]

6,000 rpm ??? That's about 115mph on a twelve .

I thought it was just the Isle of Man that didn't have speed limits....

 

[Snoopy]

I notice there is no response, yet I get the micky took out of me for things not as bad as running out of petrol.

 

[Mort]

I notice there is no response, yet I get the micky took out of me for things much worse than running out of petrol.

What about leaving the number plate nuts off after "fettling" your panniers




The daftest thing I've done is bump starting a DT250 then jumping aboard side saddle....only to fall off the other side at 10mph

 

[Snoopy]

wo wo wo, the nuts were on when I left.

Stupid plastic jobbies. Stainless replacements have had no problems since.

Thank you again to kind sir stopping to pick up the numberplate.

I'm just winding Colin up of course. Though he does need to treat his bike with a little bit more mechanical sympathy.

 

[Mort]

wo wo wo, the nuts were on when I left.

Aye, they were on OK......on the back seat

 

[Borderraider]

Can I ask how you managed to run out of petrol?

I notice there is no response, yet I get the micky took out of me for things not as bad as running out of petrol.

Words failed me..I gave up trying to word my reply in terms simple enough for you to understand.

I'm just winding Colin up of course. Though he does need to treat his bike with a little bit more mechanical sympathy.

If it breaks I can repair it...I can't forsee any problems as you won't be allowed to have a spanner anywhere near it

 

[Snoopy]

If you cant plan to get to a petrol station, put the spanner down and step away from the bike.